[I'm okay and I'm back]

Welcome back Jane, good to see your spirit is renewed.

[I'm a newcomer...]

Sorry to hear he won't get to the bottom of this. Until he has a biopsy, you will not know for sure if its cancer or not, thats why its imparitive that he gets it done now. I understand that denial is a hard thing to break through but you must get him to finish the test and then if it isn't cancer than you will both have peace of mind. You must somehow make him see the gravity of the situation. Please don't fall into the denial trap yourself.

Keep coming back here for yourself and maybe someone will be able to give you the right approach to cut through the denial.

[Earl F. DeCoursey (The Duke)]

Ginny,

I have no words, please accept my condolences. I know by your post how much he meant to you. I pray that God brings peace and comfort to you. Earl was a very lucky man to have someone like you in his life.

[Cancer Cannot....]

I was just given a copy of that from my nieghbor today. It was uplifting to get and I agree with it.

[Just minutes from Paradise to Inferno]

Lillian,

Very happy that you are ok and that your home was spared.

[Reaction to carboplatin in final chemo cycles???]

After my 7th I had to get shots because my blood counts went way down. They wanted to give me more chemo after the blood came back but decided against it because I needed a tooth pulled. I guess they push you to the limit and get as much into as they safely can.

[Well shoot!!!!!!!!!!!]

Vent away, it will do you good. I don't have any answers for you except press the Doctors for the scan. We need to be our own advocates and unfortunately watch dogs on meds. I too wish I could get off this rollercoaster but with God's help we can and do endure it. My prayer is for the shoulder pain to be something unrelated to the cancer.

[Ry Came For Friendship]

Ditto

[Somebody Is Having A Birthday]

Happy birthday Debi and have many more.

[Duke of Earl - The Final Chapter]

Ginny, I am so sorry to hear this, please accept my condolences and I pray for peace and comfort for you. You two put up a valiant fight.

[3 month scan results are in]

Great results, now get some great returns from Vegas.

[Stable CT]

Stable is good, NED knocking on the door, great to hear good news.

[New Member Hello]

Welcome Ann, sorry to hear about your husband, thank you for giving us reason to be here, hope we can be of any support to you.

[Asking for prayers - non-cancer]

Prayers going out to Lois.

[Back from the land of the Lost]

Carleen, its good to see your post, my prayers for you and Kieth that the treatment will work and he falls into that 50%.

[He has given up]

Sharyn, my prayers for you and your father.

[Duke of Earl - Chapter 73 - Winding Down]

My prayers are with you both Ginny and Earl.

[Hi there from Gresham, OR.]

Welcome Mike, glad you found us and very glad to hear NED came with you.

[mom has LC]

Welcome Laura, sorry you had to find us but you will find a lot of good info and plenty of support.

[Tuesdays With David A]

Here's another kick.

[26 year old , Mom just diagnosed]

Welcome Mandy, sorry about your Mother but you will find plenty of support and info here.

[State of Emergency- Non Cancer]

Cat, glad to hear you came through it alright. I feel for the rest of Florida, it really did some major damage.

[State of Emergency- Non Cancer]

For all you Floridians, I'm praying that you are safe and no one is in line of the brunt of this storm.

[WHO would like to be on OPRAH?]

OK, lung cancer does not discriminate, it affects men, women and children. It takes no prisnors and sure doesn't debate the issues. I believe that seperating it into groups only makes it harder to talk about and confuses the issue. It is what it is and constantly focusing on what may be the cause instead of what can cure it detracts from what needs to be done. Emphasis should be on what treatments are working and how solving this disease benefits every other cancer treatment. We are the largest cancer with 174,000 dxed each year and 150,000 dying each year. While the cause are important to the research, the bottom line is, its there and finding a cure is what we should focus on and bring to the front everthing thats been done and is being done and show the public that this research is a must because in the long run, it effects everyone with cost and mainly with suffering. So it would make good sense to put as much as we can into beating it with funding for more research and not anti-smoking ads. If the tobacco companies have been proven to be at fault, let them pay for the campagn against smoking. Just my 2 cents. Cancer is a human condition, not a womens or mans, its unfortunately both of ours.

[I am new here]

Welcome Cathy, glad you found us,sorry you have to deal with this.